Flooding in south Russia kills 100

MOSCOW. Flash floods in Russia's southern Krasnodarsky Krai region have killed at least 78 people and affected nearly 13,000 in the area's worst natural disaster in a decade.

Authorities discovered 56 bodies including that of a 10-year-old child in the district of Krymsk. Nine more people died in the Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik and another two died in the port of Novorossiisk over the past two days. The death toll is expected to rise.

The administration of Krasnodarsky Krai said it was the worst flooding to hit the region in a decade.

''Non-stop rain has turned several districts of the region into an emergency zone,'' it said.

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Gelendzhik alone received five months' worth of rain in 24 hours, a major blow to the resort town at the height of the tourist season.